Allies turn the tides in the Mediterranean Front
The British General who was sent to North Africa after Tobruk was captured by Germans. With the help of Dwight Eisenhower he was able to sandwich Erwin Rommel and his tank divisions pushing Germans out of Africa.
Who is Bernard Montgomery?
The term which means that an entire country must divert its resources to a war it is in.
What is Total War?
The biggest land and sea attack in history which allowed the Allies to get onto mainland France. It involved the Allies landing ground troops on five beaches in Normandy and pushing through heavy German defenses.
What is D-Day?
The Japanese pilots who recklessly crashed into ships causing destruction but killing themselves in the process.
What is the Kamikaze?
The two Russian cities that the German invasion of Russia stalled at in 1941.
What is Moscow, and Leningrad?
The Egyptian village in which the Germans held a incredibly fortified position when General Monty arrived. He staged a full assault and eventually Rommels armies were pushed back.
What is El Alamein?
The name of the camps in which many German and Japanese Americans were put in during the war because they were seen as terrorists. Even if they have lived there for generations.
What is a Internment Camp?
The city in France where the Allies faked there massive invasion into France. This drew German resources over to their leaving Normandy a little less defended on D-Day.
What is Calais, France?
The two cities in Japan on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb or A-Bomb on ensuring Japans surrender.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The Russian city that Hitler sent his Sixth Army to invade in 1942 which was also a major industrial center of Russia.
What was Stalingrad?
The region of Italy which the Allies invaded and captured which caused Mussolini to lose power and be arrested by King Victor Emmanuel the Third.
What is Sicily, Italy?
Although Americans were far from the war in what way did they help the war effort without actually fighting.
What is the production of weapons and war equipment?
The Battle in which Japan took their all or nothing gamble to destroy the U.S. fleet and hopefully turn the tide in the Pacific.
What is the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
The battle for a Russian city in which the Germans bombed and raided the city with the Luftwaffe before pushing the Russians out and taking over. The Germans eventually had to retreat because of the extreme Russian Winters.
What is the Battle for Stalingrad?
The name of the Italian city in which Mussolini corpse was hung in after he was found by Italian resistance fighters while trying to escape to Germany disguised as a German soldier.
What is Milan, Italy?
The number of U.S. workers many of them being women who were employed in wartime industries vital for helping the Allies defeat the Axis Powers.
What is 17-18 million people?
Hitlers companion whom he commited suicide with after he realised it was over when the Allies surrounded Berlin on all sides. He did this so he didn't end up like Mussolini.
Who is Eva Braun?
The Japan island on which was one of the bloodiest land battles of the war resulting in at least a 100,000 Japanese casualties. The U.S. capture of this island also put them only 350 miles from Japans mainland.
What is the island of Okinawa?
The amount of German troops that survived the eventual defeat at Stalingrad versus the over 330,000 who entered the city.
How much is 90,000?
The date on which Italy surrendered after Mussolini was arrested by King Emmanuel the Third and the government was no longer controlled by the Fascists.
September 3rd, 1943?
What is Rationing?
The French city where the Allies broke through the Germans defenses and March towards Paris liberating France, Belgium, and Luxembourg shortly after.
Where is Saint Lo?
The date Japan surrendered on the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Harbor after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
When is September 2nd, 1945?
The amount of Soviet soldiers that it cost to defend Stalingrad which caused the Germans to be pushed out of Russia.
How much is near 1 million?